using VMWare Player 5, how can I access a web server running in a VM via an external machine?

Question

Win7 PC running Rails in an Ubuntu VM via VMWare Player. I\'m working on a site and would like to show it to a friend who\'s outside my network.

I found this blog post,

Answer 1

1. Find the vmnetnat.conf file, usually located in

   C:\ProgramData\VMware\vmnetnat.conf
   

   or

   C:\Users\Application Data\VMware\vmnetnat.conf
   

2. Edit vmnetnat, add similar line in the [incomingtcp] section

   8200=192.168.198.184:3000
   

3. Restart VMware NAT Service.